In 1988, Debbie Gibson was the youngest artist (at 17) to
both write and perform a number 1 hit song on the Billboard Hot 100
("Foolish Beat"). At the time of this writing in 2013, this record
still stood. Gibson grew up in Long Island and began performing on
stage with her sisters and learning the piano at an early age. By
1987, Gibson was on a nationwide nightclub tour and working on her
debut album.

In 1988, Gibson's first album,
Out of the Blue, was a huge hit and featured 6 hit songs:
"Only In My Dreams", "Shake Your Love", "Out of the Blue", "Foolish
Beat", and "Staying Together". Unlike many performers who falter
on their follow up, Electric Youth
(1989) was also a huge success. You may remember the hit songs
"Lost in Your Eyes", "Electric Youth", and "No More Rhyme".
Many of you may also remember her Electric Youth perfume and other
Revlon makeup items that she created, a relatively novel business
venture for an artist at the time. Many of you may also remember
that Gibson had quite the influence on teen fashion, by wearing rolled
up jeans, two Swatch watches, and crimping her hair.

Debbie Gibson continued her music career well into the
1990's and beyond, finding some moderate success along the way, although
nothing like the heyday of the 1980's. She could also be found on
Broadway, on television, and the silver screen. Some of you might
have watched her on the 2012 season of The Celebrity Apprentice.
She completely shed her teeny bopper image with a Playboy spread in
2005. At the time of this writing, the Debbie Gibson Discography
was as follows:

1987: Out of the Blue

1989: Electric Youth

1990: Anything is Possible

1993: Body Mind Soul

1995: Think With Your Heart

1995: Greatest Hits of Debbie Gibson

1997: Deborah

1999: Lost in Your Eyes and Other Hits

2001: M.Y.O.B.

2003: Colored Lights: The Broadway Album

2005: Memory Lane, Volume 1

2005: Memory Lane, Volume 2

2006: Rhino Hi-Five: Debbie Gibson

2010: Ms. Vocalist

1987Out of the Blue

LOST IN
YOUR EYES: [starts] I get lost in your eyes,
And I feel my spirits rise,
And soar like the wind.. .
Is it love that I am in?
[chorus] I don't mind not knowing what I'm
headed for,
You can take me to the skies...It's like being lost in heaven,
When I'm lost in your eyes [etc]